Introduction to Indexing: a collection of articles by Glenda Browne

I put this collection of articles together because I wanted to learn how to create an EPUB ebook. I have done minimal formatting and used the basic styles from Oxygen (an XML editor). I used Sigil to convert the XHTML files to EPUB format.

I have created two linked indexes, one using paragraph numbers as the text for links, and one using the main heading or subheading. I manually added ID numbers at article and section level. When the EPUB3 Indexing specification is final I am planning to create an index (to this or another work) to comply with the specification and make use of some of the new features it will allow.read more

Our new book is a guide for indexers and people working with indexers. It covers a wide range of indexing topics from introductory material to specialist formats including periodicals, online help, and bibliographic databases, and discusses related fields such as records management and museum cataloguing.

The Indexing Companion was published by Cambridge University Press, Melbourne in March 2007. A direct link to the CUP catalog is provided here.

The Indexing Companion Workbook contains practical exercises with detailed answers to guide learners to a deeper understanding of the indexing process.

Availability

The Indexing Companion Workbook: Book Indexing is available for purchase as a PDF ebook through this page.

Purchase from this site (in Australian dollars)

PDF ebook: cost AU$20 (including GST)

Send payment for ebook cost via PayPal to glendabrowne@gmail.com. Send an email to glendabrowne@gmail.com to confirm the address you wish the ebook to be sent to. On receipt of payment we will email the PDF file to you as an attachment. You will need to download and install the free Adobe Reader or an equivalent application to view the book.read more

Reviews

Australian Society of Indexers Newsletter v.25 n.5 June 2001

By Roxanne Missingham

‘Website Indexing…provides a timely review of indexing principles, the challenges and history of development of web indexing, and a road test of an html index product. The combination of a narrative approach to indexing plus the demonstration of new software is appealing.’

‘It is a good read and generally well-presented.’

Internet Reference Services Quarterly v.6 n.1 2001

By David J. Bertuca, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

‘This book is a clear, concise introduction to indexing publications, whether for Web or print publication. The materials are presented well and give help to beginning indexers, as well as to more experienced professionals. It is a good tool for librarians who want to index their publications well, and also for those who wish to know how the process works so that they can contract with a professional indexer and know what to expect. This publication would be valuable to librarians, Web designers, book publishers, and to anyone with a project requiring an indexing process.’read more

WEBSITE INDEXING PDF now available for FREE DOWNLOAD

As the second edition of Website Indexing is now 12 years old, we have decided to offer it free to all interested people. Click the link in the box below to move to a download page.

We retain copyright and moral rights in this work. Please do not forward it to other people (although you can forward download details) and please do not use or alter it without permission and attribution.

In 2001 Glenda and Jon produced the first edition of Website indexing: enhancing access to information within websites, the definitive guide to producing book-style indexes for the Web. The book was published byAuslib Press and sold to information science professionals around the world, as well as being translated into Korean. An updated and expanded second edition was published in 2004 to encompass changes in technology and approaches since the first edition was released.read more